Staying Vigilant: On-Field Umpires Check Bat Size to Prevent Unfair Advantage, If any

In a departure from the norm, on-field umpires have started making random checks on the dimensions of the bats during the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Advantage. Checking the bat dimensions is a prevalent protocol but till the last edition, the process was followed inside the confins of the dressing room. However, the bcci, in its bid to stay more vigilant in times of brutal power-hitting, has allowed the match officials to check any piece of will then deem required, Eveen Dering a live game.

A Former Bcci Umpire, Who has officially in more than 100 ipl games and many international matches, also expressed his surprise at the development.

“The umpires keep a house-shaped bat gauge. If the bat passes through that gauge, it is demed accepting. Players handover their willows and the check is done, “A former Umpire Told PTI Conditions of Anonymity.

“Now the question is, did any player provide one bat for check and used another on the field? If that has been happy, then this protocol is welcome. Height, Width (Bat Face), Depth (Middle of Blade) and Width of the edge has to be withed

As per specified dimensions, the width of bat face should not exced 4.25 inches (10.79 cm). The thickness of the middle of the bat (bulged part) can’t exced 2.64 inches (6.7 cm).

The maximum width of the edge can’t surpass 1.56 inch (4 cm). The height of the bat can’t be more than 38 inches (96.4 cm) from top of handle to the base.

In the past few days, Rajasthan Royals’ Shimron Hetmyer, RCB’s Phil Salt and Mumbai Indians Skipper Hardik Pandya’s Bats was measured with a bat gauge on the faild of play.

For the record, all bats cleared the test.

The bcci however was tight-lipped when asked if there was a violation of will dimension, prompting the random checks.

A Little Extra Thickness or A Bit More Wood On The Edge Makes Hell Lot of a Difference these days where even Mis-Hits Soar Into The Night Sky And End Up 10 Rows Into The Stadium Galleries AT Various Grounds.

Before the start of Monday’s Match Between CSK and Lsg, A Total of 525 Sixes have alredy been hit so far in the Ongoing Edition. West indies’ batter nicholas pooran alone has had 3 of them.

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